Poem
Alfred Brendel
Whether he had been born
Whether he had been bornremained open to question
He himself did not recall the event
and one refrained
from trusting others
Perhaps he had existed
long before he noticed the fact
a cuckoo\'s egg
planted in his parents\' nest
a botched demiurge
embroiled in his own life
unlaunched
and
who knows
unending
Whether he had been born
Ob er geboren worden war
mußte offenbleiben
Er selbst erinnerte sich nicht an das Ereignis
und auf die Auskünfte anderer
ließ man sich nicht ein
Vielleicht hatte es ihn längst gegeben
ehe sein Bewußtsein davon Notiz nahm
ein Kuckucksei
seinen Eltern ins Nest gelegt
ein mißratener Demiurg
kläglich in dieses Dasein verstrickt
ohne Stapellauf
und
wie man fürchten durfte
ohne Ende
mußte offenbleiben
Er selbst erinnerte sich nicht an das Ereignis
und auf die Auskünfte anderer
ließ man sich nicht ein
Vielleicht hatte es ihn längst gegeben
ehe sein Bewußtsein davon Notiz nahm
ein Kuckucksei
seinen Eltern ins Nest gelegt
ein mißratener Demiurg
kläglich in dieses Dasein verstrickt
ohne Stapellauf
und
wie man fürchten durfte
ohne Ende
© 1999, Carl Hanser Verlag
From: Kleine Teufel
Publisher: Carl Hanser Verlag,
From: Kleine Teufel
Publisher: Carl Hanser Verlag,
Poems
Poems of Alfred Brendel
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Whether he had been born
Whether he had been bornremained open to question
He himself did not recall the event
and one refrained
from trusting others
Perhaps he had existed
long before he noticed the fact
a cuckoo\'s egg
planted in his parents\' nest
a botched demiurge
embroiled in his own life
unlaunched
and
who knows
unending
From: Kleine Teufel
Whether he had been born
Whether he had been bornremained open to question
He himself did not recall the event
and one refrained
from trusting others
Perhaps he had existed
long before he noticed the fact
a cuckoo\'s egg
planted in his parents\' nest
a botched demiurge
embroiled in his own life
unlaunched
and
who knows
unending
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